I'm looking through the articles here on monster about how to write anobjective section, and I realize that mine is apparentlyhorrible. It's a very generic, "I want growth" objective that Ihad thought was great when I wrote it. Anyway, I have so littleexperience and no degree, I NEED a great resume to get a job. Iam talented in administrative work, but I have few accomplishments andexperience. Is there anyone who can help me? Here is mycurrent resume, just the text, sorry if it is formatted poorly.
Motivated Worker with Administrative Experience
| OBJECTIVE: | Iam looking for a job that I can learn from, and a company that canbenefit from me. My objective is to find a career path that will alwaysbe moving forward and producing great results. I am skilled in settinggoals and getting goals reached. There is always room for improvement,and I believe a company, as well as an individual, should always begrowing. I want to be a part of that growth by any means possible. |
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| EXPERIENCE: | 5/2006 - 3/2007 | Cool Athletics and Sports | Thousand Oaks, California |
| Industry: Sports and Physical Recreation |
| Administrative Assistant |
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| -Designed and maintained company web page using a web page builder and personal knowledge of HTML.
-Designed and distributed informational flyers and pamphlets using Microsoft Word and Powerpoint.
-Createdadvertisement for newspaper using Microsoft Powerpoint, and reformattedadvertisement to Word for recreational brochure.
-Created schedules and lists using Microsoft Excel.
-Orchestrated the recollection and reorganization of a year's worth of payroll information for 1099 forms.
-Also took care of several day-to-day tasks, including pay roll, transportation, clerical work and organization. |
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| 4/2006 - 5/2006 | Mrs. Fields Cookies | Palmdale, California |
| Industry: Restaurant/Food Services |
| Server |
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| Here I was very comfortable dealing with customers and multiple job tasks. I left for a higher paying job with more hours.
-Baked cookies
-Frosted "cookie cakes"
-Dealt with customer complaints
-Answered phone
-Worked at register
-Memorized prices and specials
-Cleaned and restocked work space |
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| EDUCATION: | 7/2005 | Lancaster High School | US-CA-Lancaster |
| High School or equivalent |
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| AFFILIATIONS: | 8/1992 - 7/2001 | Girl Scouts of America |
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| SKILLS: | Skill Name | Skill Level | Last Used/Experience |
| Typing | Intermediate | Currently used/7 years |
I also have three references and all the other good stuff underneath it.
| OBJECTIVE: | I am looking for a job that I can learn from, and a company that can benefit from me. My objective is to find a career path that will always be moving forward and producing great results. I am skilled in setting goals and getting goals reached. There is always room for improvement, and I believe a company, as well as an individual, should always be growing. I want to be a part of that growth by any means possible. |
Your objective should be more in line with what you bring to the job and what you are seeking professionally. Right now it is somewhat disorganized. Can't tell from reading it what you really want to do. Making it even more difficult is the resume itself, can't tell from that what type of job you might be looking for. But let me take a swing at it.
OBJECTIVE
Seeking role as _____________________ in a progressive organization that will benefit from my ability to set and achieve agressive goals and deliver proven results.
Simple and straight forward. You don't need a lot of hyperbole. You can talk about the other stuff. What you want to tell a company is what you want to do and in a short sentence what you can do.
You might want to consider putting an additional heading into your resume for skills. This will allow you to add things like computer skills and knowledge.
Thank you so much Dean, I know it probably seems simple but I really appreciate your help.